animals

CAIRO (Reuters) – The chimpanzees, lions and hippos of Cairo’s zoo are getting a rare spell of peace and quiet…

Abandoned by her sons, shunned by her neighbors and branded a witch. Mosammat Rashida’s crime? Her husband was killed by…

Fireflies are in deep trouble, with many species facing extinction due to habitat loss and exposure to pesticides, according to…

BEIJING (Reuters) – A 43-year-old native of Wuhan, a central Chinese city ravaged by a coronavirus outbreak, said he climbed…

A rare species of frog native to the eastern slopes of the Bolivian Andes has been spotted in the South…

Australia’s bushfires have burned more than half the known habitat of 100 threatened plants and animals, including 32 critically endangered…

Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park’s makeshift animal hospital each day in cat carriers, washing…

Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were threatening indigenous communities in…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian government committed A$50 million ($34.58 million) to an emergency wildlife recovery program on Monday, calling…

Just a few years ago it would have been unthinkable to see owners walking their dogs around the streets of…